Insights and Stories on Wheat Futures

U.S. grains: Fund sales pressure corn prices

Sep. 22, 2016 at 3:54 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Board of Trade corn futures sagged 1.1 per cent on Thursday on a round of fund selling as the pace of harvest quickened around the U.S. Midwest and cash markets weakened, traders said. Wheat futures also fell, following corn lower, while soybeans edged higher on […]

U.S. grains: Harvest pressure, profit-taking pull down corn, soy

Sep. 21, 2016 at 4:00 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Harvest delays spark soybean rally

Sep. 20, 2016 at 2:49 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soybeans rise on technical buying

Sep. 19, 2016 at 4:00 pm CDT

By Rod Nickel

U.S. grains: Rainy Midwest sparks rally in corn, soybeans

Sep. 16, 2016 at 3:35 pm CDT

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Soy up on rebound after three-day slide

Sep. 15, 2016 at 6:29 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rose on Thursday, snapping a three-day slide on bargain buying and signs of fresh export demand, traders said. But corn and wheat futures fell, pressured by prospects for huge grain supplies as the U.S. autumn harvest got underway. At the Chicago Board of […]

By Julie Ingwersen

U.S. grains: Wheat, corn futures edge higher

Sep. 14, 2016 at 3:44 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. wheat and corn futures firmed slightly on Wednesday, supported by a round of bargain buying, traders said. Wheat received additional support from a weakening dollar and hopes that export demand for U.S. supplies will perk up in the coming weeks amid a production shortfall in […]

By Mark Weinraub

U.S. grains: Soy, corn drop on record U.S. crop view, firmer dollar

Sep. 13, 2016 at 3:46 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters –– U.S. soybean futures dropped more than two per cent on Tuesday, extending the previous session’s steep losses after the U.S. Department of Agriculture raised its production forecast well above market expectations. Corn futures also fell as USDA projected a record-large U.S. crop that would outstrip demand, […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. grains: Corn, soy at multiweek highs on positioning ahead of USDA

Sep. 9, 2016 at 5:40 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn and soybean futures finished narrowly higher on Friday, capping big weekly gains in a choppy session of light-volume trading ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly supply and demand report next week. Chicago Board of Trade corn futures hit a 2-1/2-week high and […]

By Michael Hirtzer

U.S. grains: Corn hits two-week high on short-covering

Sep. 8, 2016 at 3:36 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. corn futures climbed more than one per cent to a two-week high on Thursday as investors exited short positions ahead of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s monthly crop report due on Monday, when the government is expected to trim corn yields. Soybean futures reversed from […]

By Michael Hirtzer